The House Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 99 after stripping an amendment that would have left punitive damages uncapped for corporate hospitals.
A former resident of the Sandhill Center alleges she faced repeated sexual assaults over several months in 2008 and 2009.
"Survivor safety ... requires ongoing investment," said MaryEllen Garcia, executive director of the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth estimated legislators are "90% of the way" to an agreement on medical malpractice reform.
Dozens of children faced abuse, neglect and other harm and nine died while in state custody in 2025, the report states.
Republicans still worried about the sustainability of the state's proposed child care system through economic downturns.
MJ Lord, a teaching assistant at an Albuquerque preschool, works three jobs just to make ends meet. The 25-year-old wants to ...
Health councils work to tackle public health problems in ways specific to a community's cultural, political and resource ...
At the halfway point of this year’s 30-day session, the House approved a proposed spending plan setting aside a little more ...
The compacts would ease licensure processes for out-of-state doctors and social workers to practice in New Mexico.